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Did IRS official Lois Lerner waive her right to silence?

IRS official Lois Lerner, the director of the agency's division that singled out Tea Party groups applying for tax-exempt status, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination before a House oversight committee hearing on Wednesday. Show More Summary

Selena Velasquez - Charged After Threatening To Cry Rape Unless Man Ponies Up $500 Per Week

Selena Velasquez MySpace Albuquerque, N.M. (The Weekly Vice) - Selena Velasquez, a 17-year-old New Mexico woman, has been jailed after she allegedly had consensual sex with a 43-year-old man, then threatened to file rape charges if he...Show More Summary

One child missing, one killed in Minnesota field trip landslide

Authorities said they would continue their search Thursday for a Minnesota child who remained missing after a gravel slide swept several children on a school fossil-hunting trip into a pit, killing one. The fourth-graders from a St. Louis Park elementary school were hiking in Li …

WATCH: Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly spar over the Obama scandals

On Wednesday night, The Daily Show played host to one of the occasional sparring matches between Jon Stewart and his Fox News frenemy, Bill O'Reilly. This go-around, Stewart and O'Reilly agree that the Justice Department over-reached...Show More Summary

Official at Heart of IRS Tea Party Scandal Spiked Audits of Big Dark-Money Donors

You'd have to search long and hard to find a member of Congress not outraged that politics and partisanship crept into the work of the IRS, leading to the wrongful targeting of tea partiers and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. Show More Summary

WATCH: Suspect defends brutal beheading of London man in broad daylight

Two men, one wielding a large knife and meat cleaver, reportedly hacked to death a London man on Wednesday in what British officials are describing as a terror attack. Scant details have emerged so far, but the victim is believed to have been a British solider. Show More Summary

Tone Policing Only Goes One Way

Activists rally ahead of Boy Scouts vote on gay youth ban

GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - Gay rights activists and members of conservative groups gathered in the Texas town of Grapevine on Wednesday where Boy Scouts of America delegates were expected to vote at a national meeting to lift its ban on gay youth mem...

Jon Stewart exposes ridiculous fawning over Apple at Senate hearing

Ai Weiwei’s Playboy Interview, Music Video

Every week, The Diplomat’s editorial team scours the web to find the best material on all things China. From Beijing’s relations with its neighbors and growing military might, to a rapidly evolving economy and amazing arts and culture, we present a diverse grouping of articles for your reading pleasure. Here are our top picks for this week. Show More Summary

Average U.S. 401(k) balance tops $80,000, up 75 percent since 2009

BOSTON (Reuters) - The average 401(k) retirement balance for U.S. workers hit a record high of $80,900 in the first quarter, a growth spurt of 75 percent since the stock market's nadir in March 2009, Fidelity Investments said on Thursday based on a sur...

Woman Raped After Cuts To Police Force Leave Residents Unprotected

In Josephine County, Oregon, a disturbing result of cuts to police forces was profiled on public radio after a woman was raped by a former boyfriend — and a 911 dispatcher was unable to send units to prevent the attack. NPR covered the situation in Josephine County, where the unidentified woman had called police to [...]Show More Summary

Oklahoma Tornado: Focus Shifts To Rebuilding

After three days of combing through the wreckage of their storm-shattered community, officials in Moore, Oklahoma, say all residents have been accounted for.That news comes as the town starts to look toward the monumental task of rebuilding...Show More Summary

1 child dead, 1 missing in park landslide

A fourth-grade field trip to a Mississippi River park popular with fossil hunters turned deadly Wednesday when gravel saturated by persistent rain gave way, killing one child and injuring two others.

Update: Alai’ja Freedom Corbin murder Mother’s boyfriend, Jordan Everhart, convicted of her murder, sentenced to life in prison

Alai’ja Freedom Corbin Boyfriends From Hell: Jordan Everhart arrested for his girlfriend’s daughter, 18-month-old Alai’ja Freedom Corbin, child abuse homicide Jordan Everhart’s trial in death of toddler begins Ada County toddler killed because baby sitter wanted to play Xbox, prosecutor says Man found guilty of killing toddler gets 20 years to life Boise-area man gets […]

Rachel Maddow: Did Holder Just Admit That Gov’t Killed Americans With Drones ‘By Accident’?

Rachel Maddow was slightly puzzled tonight about Attorney General Eric Holder's admission today that the U.S. government killed four American citizens via drone strikes. She found it amazing that anyone in government would admit this...Show More Summary

Phoenix Police In The Hundreds Attend Fallen Cop’s Daughter’s Kindergarten Graduation

Phoenix Police officer Daryl Raetz was tragically killed in the line of duty just days ago — and in a show of support, hundreds of his fellow cops attended the Kindergarten graduation of his small daughter, Tatum Raetz. While Officer Daryl Raetz’s little girl has to live with the loss of her father (killed in [...]Show More Summary

West Point staff member accused of spying on female cadets

A West Point Military Academy staff member has been accused of planting hidden cameras in the shower and locker room facilities of female cadets, U.S. military and Pentagon officials told NBC News. Sgt. 1st Class Michael McClendon has been relieved of his duties at West Point. M …

U.S. admits droning four Americans (but just one deliberately)

Ahead of President Obama's big counterterrorism speech tomorrow, Attorney General Eric Holder has written a letter, obtained by the New York Times, to the Senate Judiciary Committee disclosing the four American citizens killed by targeted...Show More Summary

U.S. Admits Killing 4 Americans in Drone Strikes

In a letter to congressional leaders Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder formally acknowledged that four American citizens had been killed by U.S. drone strikes abroad, including al-Qaida-affiliated cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. The New York Times: The American responsibility for Mr. Show More Summary